VIRGIN 2 Road. No. 12 of 1955.

ISLAND:.

Doclaration 4. (1) The Governor in Council may, from
ee time to time, by order—
roads.

(a) declare sny road to be a public road;
or

(4) change the course of or divert any
public road or portion of any public road.

(2) Upon the making of an order under sub-
section (1) of this section or from the date (if any)

fixed by the order—

(a) when the order ix made under
paragraph (a) of the subsection, the road to
which it relates shall be a public road; and

(6) when the order is made under para-
graph (0) of the subsection, the public road or
portion of public round to which it relates shall
be deemed to he changed or diverted, and, as”
so changed or diverted shall he in place of and
substitution for the public road or portion of
public road so changed or diverted,

PART II
Road Tax

Male persons 5. very male person between the ages of
Hea en 18 and 55 years, being an inhabitant of any of the
age Hable to islands of ‘Tortola, Freuchman’s Cay, Virgin Gorda,
ee Anegada and Jost Van Dykes in the Presidency
(hereinafter referred to as “the Islands”), or
having been resident therein. for three months, in
any year shall pay into the Treasary the sums
prescribed under subsection (1) of section 6 for the
upkeep of the public roads of the Presidency:

Provided that it shall be lawful for the
Commissioner to remit the whole or any part
of the sums so payable where in any particular
ease he thinks it fit to do so on the grounds of
the physical incapacity or poverty of the
person concerned,